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Saturday Snap – Happy 55th Anniversary Mom and Dad!

I took my mom and dad for a surprise private plane ride over some of the most important places in their lives for their 50th Wedding Anniversary. But

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – That Old Black Gold

My mom’s sister comes to visit once a year for a month (and twice a year since my mom’s dementia has become worse). This trip she brought a

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Mom Was A Badass (July 2007)

I’m not sure I appreciated when I was growing up or even as an adult, how much of a badass and how much of a force my mom

Music Monday – “Her husband, was a hard working man/Just a mile and a half from here/His head was found in a driving wheel/But his body never was found”

Hard to pick the most “pure” moment of Dolly Parton but this one is right up there – on a TV variety show, singing with her entire family,

Wisdom Wednesday – Oversaving

Many people save for retirement through RRSPs, TFSAs, pensions (if they’re lucky) but Shea recently told me about the concept of “oversaving” where people become so focused on

Secular Sunday – Happy Parents’ Day?

I didn’t post this on Mother’s Day so I’ll post it on Father’s Day instead – a woman sneaks into a right-wing mother’s group on FB and starts

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The First Signs of Dementia (February 2018)

It was during a family trip to Mexico in February 2018 that Shea and I had our first conversations about what appeared to maybe possibly be the smallest

Saturday Snap – Farewell Aunt Sandi (2026 Edition)

My mom’s sister, Sandi, has been coming from Kelowna to stay with us in Regina for about a month every spring ever since my son was born. Since

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